TikTok is a great place to learn new and easier ways of doing common household chores, but experts warned one viral trend could put your home and family in danger.
As people look to rid their homes of dust, one hack shown on the social media platform offers to stop dust in its tracks. By wiping down surfaces with a mixture of fabric conditioner and water, it's supposed to prevent the combination of pollen, soil, pet dander and dead skin from forming on surfaces.
But organisation expert Scott Jones, from Pink Storage, warned the viral trend is "useless", simply allowing dust to settle elsewhere like carpets and furniture. He said: "This makes the hack useless as you have moved the dust rather than getting rid of it, but that isn't the biggest problem with this hack.